Principal Platform Services Engineer

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Position Overview

The Principal Platform Services Engineer within Autodesk’s Cloud Infrastructure, Platform & Engineering (CIPE) organization will be a key contributor in advancing our next-generation intelligent cloud platform and Developer tools. This role focuses on building scalable, secure, and self-optimizing systems that power Autodesk’s global engineering ecosystem and Tier-0 services.

We are seeking an experienced Principal Platform Engineer to design, build, and operate modern, scalable platforms on Amazon EKS and Azure AKS. This role goes beyond cluster administration and focuses on platform engineering, GitOps-based delivery, event-driven systems, and AI agent enablement. The ideal individual will have strong Python development skills, experience with Kafka, and hands-on exposure to AI agent development , MCP or similar tool-integration frameworks.

Location: [Remote / Hybrid / Bengaluru,IN]
 

Key Responsibilities
Kubernetes & Platform Engineering

• Design, deploy, and operate Kubernetes platforms on AWS EKS and Azure AKS
• Manage full cluster lifecycle including provisioning, upgrades, scaling, and security
• Build reusable, self-service Kubernetes platform capabilities for application teams
• Implement multi-tenant, highly available, and secure cluster architectures

GitOps & Automation

• Design and implement GitOps workflows using tools such as Argo CD or Flux
• Establish Git as the source of truth for infrastructure and application deployments
• Standardize deployment patterns using Helm, Kustomize, and policy-as-code
• Automate platform operations and compliance controls

Kafka & Event-Driven Platforms

• Deploy and manage Kafka platforms (self-managed or managed) on Kubernetes
• Support event-driven and streaming workloads
• Ensure Kafka reliability, scalability, and observability

Development & Tooling

• Develop automation tools, operators, and internal services using Python
• Build APIs and services to simplify platform operations and developer workflows
• Integrate CI/CD pipelines with Kubernetes, GitOps, and AI-driven automation
• Collaborate closely with application, SRE, and security teams

Security, Reliability & Operations

• Implement Kubernetes security best practices (RBAC, network policies, secrets management)
• Enable observability using metrics, logging, and tracing
• Troubleshoot complex production issues across Kubernetes, Kafka, AI agents, and cloud services
• Support reliability engineering practices and incident response

Good to have: AI Agent & MCP Development

• Design and build AI agent platforms integrated with Kubernetes environments
• Develop AI agents that interact with infrastructure, APIs, and internal services
• Build and maintain MCP (Model Context Protocol) servers to expose tools, resources, and workflows to AI agents
• Integrate AI agents with GitOps pipelines, operational workflows, and observability systems
• Ensure secure, auditable, and scalable AI-agent interactions

Required Qualifications

• 5+ years of experience in Kubernetes, cloud infrastructure, or platform engineering
• Strong hands-on experience with Kubernetes administration
• Proven experience with AWS EKS and Azure AKS
• Experience implementing GitOps using Argo CD, or similar tools
• Hands-on experience with Kafka platforms
• Strong Python development skills
• Experience building or integrating AI agents and automation workflows
• Understanding of MCP (Model Context Protocol) or similar agent–tool integration frameworks
• Solid understanding of Kubernetes networking, storage, and security concepts
• Experience building Internal Developer Platforms (IDP)
• Familiarity with service meshes (Istio, Linkerd, App Mesh)
• Experience with Infrastructure as Code (Terraform, ARM, CloudFormation)
• Knowledge of observability stacks (Prometheus, Grafana, OpenTelemetry)
• Experience operating platforms in regulated or enterprise environments
• Experience with cloud-native AI/ML platforms

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